CATTON ARBORETUM
Thuja plicata
Common name: western Red Cedar
Year planted: 1995
Country of origin: US. Either side of the Rocky Mountains from Alaska to North West California.
Year introduced: Discovered in the 1790s but brought into cultivation by William Lobb in 1853
Description: A large tree growing to 60m tall in the wild. The wood is rot resistant and used to make sheds and other outbuildings. The native americans used it to make Totem poles and dug out war canoes. The inner bark is fibrous and was used for blankets, clothing and even thatching.
what3words: slopes.since.palettes
Tree number: 69
Year planted: 1995
Country of origin: US. Either side of the Rocky Mountains from Alaska to North West California.
Year introduced: Discovered in the 1790s but brought into cultivation by William Lobb in 1853
Description: A large tree growing to 60m tall in the wild. The wood is rot resistant and used to make sheds and other outbuildings. The native americans used it to make Totem poles and dug out war canoes. The inner bark is fibrous and was used for blankets, clothing and even thatching.
what3words: slopes.since.palettes
Tree number: 69
